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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (42129)	9/5/2002 12:15:17 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 281500

Right now, I feel relatively safe. I know for a fact that attacking Iraq will lead to counterattacks here and worse. I probably agree....but this is really kind of short-term thinking. It is precisely this type of thinking that stayed the US's hand over the last 20 years after each terrorist attack. Unfortunately, this didnt buy us much security. Will the world be a better place in 5-10 years if we remove Hussein from Iraq? That's the real question. Slacker

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (42129)	9/5/2002 12:15:18 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Karen, we followed that 'don't counterattack' thinking all during the nineties, after the embassy bombing, Khobar towers, the Cole, etc. That line of thinking brought us 9/11. Attacking is risky. Not attacking is riskier. People like bin Laden and Sheikh Nasrallah interpret not attacking in one way only -- as weakness.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (42129)	9/5/2002 12:53:09 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 281500

Attacking Irak : Downtown Mecca should be pretty safe. Maybe I'll convert ? Tomorrow.